Comments on: Toodledo Outage Provides A Wakeup Call – Back Up Data!!!

By: Michael Anderson

Michael Anderson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:00:39 +0000

This yet another learning lesson for these online-only sites … and those who depend on them!

By: kkchristy

kkchristy — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:47:53 +0000

I paid money for a premium membership on Toodledo and have often found myself wishing that they had a desktop client with offline functionality. Case in point.

By: markntravis

markntravis — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:55:21 +0000

“No break” comes to my mind.

By: Chris Barnes

Chris Barnes — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:57:05 +0000

RT @GearDiarySite: Toodledo Outage Provides A Wakeup Call – Back Up Data!!! http://tinyurl.com/l2b5fc

By: robpaterson

robpaterson — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:10:32 +0000

Luckily, by data is backed up on my iPhone, but still, I think ToodleDo and every other company who offers online services like this should use a four pronged approach:

1. Online access
2, Offline access via automated back-ups to the user’s computer, coupled with a mirror program (similar to what’s offered for mobile devices, i.e. the iPhone)
3. Sync with offline computer, and mobile device(s)
4. Their own data backed up on at least two other sites, with constant checks to make sure their back-up system is working correctly.

This overall “cloud” computing approach would alleviate any issues, such as servers going down. But, as they say, and others are saying here, always back up! I would be happy to pay ToodleDo $10 a year in exchange for knowing that my data is safely backed up on multiple sites.

By: alese

alese — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:47:44 +0000

I too am a user of Toodledo, luckily I only use it for my shopping lists so I don’t really care for the data although it’s annoying situation.

And such things one of the main reasons (the others are faster and more convenient user interface) why I would love to find some kind of solution that would give me ability to use my lists/to do’s locally and offline and have a sync with the web (something like Exchange, but just for tasks, simple and with WM client).

By: David Liu

David Liu — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:58:29 +0000

RT @GearDiarySite: Toodledo Outage Provides A Wakeup Call – Back Up Data!!! http://tinyurl.com/l2b5fc

By: NewTe.ch

NewTe.ch — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:36:05 +0000

Toodledo Outage Provides A Wakeup Call – Back Up Data!!!:
Doug and I started using Toodledo at about the same.. http://tr.im/o8iC

By: Wayne Schulz

Wayne Schulz — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:05:14 +0000

Lengthy site outages are never a good thing – especially when you’re dealing with a hosted application.